Methods and systems for public announcements on a transportation vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9749664-B1
Application number	US-201615170738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 1, 2016
Priority date	Jun 1, 2016
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. For example, one method includes capturing a video for a public announcement at a transportation vehicle by an authorized device, where metadata of the video identifies the video for public announcement; transmitting the video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement; pausing distribution of any other video; selecting the video for public announcement; and distributing the video for public announcement to user devices at the transportation vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A machine implemented method, comprising:
capturing a live video for a public announcement on a transportation vehicle by a device;
identifying, by the device, the live video using an identifier, the identifier indicating that the live video is for the public announcement;
transmitting the live video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement based on the identifier assigned by the device;
pausing distribution of any other video;
selecting the live video for public announcement;
identifying connected user devices at the transportation vehicle for receiving the live video;
and
distributing the live video for public announcement to the connected user devices at the transportation vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transportation vehicle is an aircraft.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the live video is displayed at a seatback monitor using a dedicated video channel for public announcements.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the dedicated video channel is enabled automatically when the aircraft is in flight.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the live video is distributed to a passenger mobile device connected via a wireless access point on the aircraft.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said device is a crew member mobile device used for capturing the live video.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device transmits the live video as one or more unicast packets and the distribution device distributes the live video as multicast packets to the connected user devices.

8. A non-transitory, machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:
capture a live video for a public announcement on a vehicle by an authorized device;
identify the live video by the authorized device with an identifier to indicate that the live video is for public announcement;
transmit the live video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement based on the identifier;
pause distribution of any other video;
select the live video for public announcement; and
distribute the live video for public announcement to connected user devices on the vehicle.

9. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the vehicle is an aircraft.

10. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the live video is displayed at a seatback monitor using a dedicated video channel for public announcements.

11. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the dedicated video channel is enabled automatically when the aircraft is in flight.

12. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the live video is distributed to a passenger mobile device connected via a wireless access point on the aircraft.

13. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the authorized device is either a crew member mobile device used for capturing the live video or a fixed camera included with an entertainment system in the vehicle.

14. The non-transitory, machine readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the vehicle is one or more of a train, a boat, a bus and a recreation vehicle.

15. A system, comprising:
a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions; and a processor module coupled to the memory, the processor module configured to execute the machine executable code to:
capture a live video for a public announcement on a transportation vehicle by an authorized mobile device;
identify the live video using an identifier indicating that the live video is for public announcement;
transmit the live video to a distribution device that recognizes the video as being for public announcement based on the identifier;
pause distribution of any other video;
select the live video for public announcement; and
distribute the live video for public announcement to connected user devices at the transportation vehicle.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the live video is captured and streamed live by using a camera on the authorized device.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the transportation vehicle is an aircraft and the live video is displayed on a seatback monitor on a dedicated video channel for public announcements.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the dedicated video channel is enabled automatically when the aircraft is in flight.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the live video is distributed to a passenger mobile device connected via a wireless access point.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the authorized device is a crew member mobile device.

Assignees

• Panasonic Avionics Corp

Inventors

• Watson Philip
• Lin Changhwa

Classifications

• H04N21/41422

  located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle (arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62) · CPC title

• H04N21/23424 Primary

  involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement · CPC title

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title

• H04N5/268

  Signal distribution or switching · CPC title

• B64D11/00155 Primary

  Individual entertainment or communication system remote controls therefor, located in or connected to seat components, e.g. to seat back or arm rest · CPC title